Crook Manifesto

"In this enticing follow-up to the heightened heist novel Harlem Shuffle, after 15 years in business, uptown anti-hero Ray Carney, the industrious son of a notorious career criminal, has earned the trappings of respectability. A property owner and merchant, he’s expanded his landmark store and ensconced his family in a Strivers’ Row brownstone that even his persnickety in-laws should envy. And yet, Ray remains both prosperous and twitchy – just itching for a reason to stray. So when his daughter begs for sold-out Jackson 5 concert tix, down the illicit rabbit hole he goes. Who knew trading favors with a dirty cop would create complications? In this twisty, three-part tale, Colson Whitehead’s evocation of a fraying 1970s New York and blending of social history and crime make the journey exquisite."